Password Policy

A Password Policy can be set in Bp VIP.net to create varying levels of password complexity, maximising the security around access to confidential data. Australian practices using Electronic Prescribing, released in a future update, will be required to create a Password Policy in accordance with regulation standards.

Setting the Password Policy

1. Log in as an Administrator user.
2. Go to Setup > Facility Preferences > General Preferences.
3. Select the Password Policy tab.



4. Tick an option and update the value in the provided space to enable the setting.

Field	Description
Enforce minimum password length	Passwords must be the specified minimum number of characters.
Enforce password complexity	Passwords must include the following indicated characters.
Enforce login retry limit	Number of failed login attempts before the account is locked and must be reactivated by an administrator.
Enforce password change frequency	Users must change their password every number of specified days.
Enforce password re-use interval	Uses may only reuse a prior password after the specified number of password changes.
Enforce inactive period lockout	The user is automatically logged out of Bp VIP.net after the specified number of minutes of no user activity.

TIP Users should save their work regularly to avoid loss of data when using the inactive period lockout function.

Resetting Locked Accounts

If a user has been locked out of their account due to too many failed login attempts, an Administrator user can reset their account from Maintain Users.

1. Login as an Administrator user.
2. Go to Setup > Security > Maintain Users.
3. Deselect Account Disabled.



4. Select OK to save and close.

The user can now log in again.

Last modified: 8 February 2023